nhl Game Recap
Calgary Flames vs Minnesota Wild Wrap - Calgary Wins 5-1
The Wild came up short Tuesday against the Flames, falling 5-1.
Calgary was favored by -118 and came through for bettors backing them. The game went UNDER the consensus closing total of 6.5.
Calgary got goals from Mikael Backlund, Matthew Tkachuk, Andrew Mangiapane, Tyler Toffoli, and Elias Lindholm in the victory. Tkachuk opened the scoring at 1:12 of the first period.
Jacob Markstrom stopped 32 of 33 Minnesota shots in the victory.
Marcus Foligno scored for the Wild, finding the net behind Jacob Markstrom.
Minnesota got a 22-stop effort from Cam Talbot in the loss.
Calgary scored 2 times on 3 chances on the power play, while Minnesota went 0-for-4 with the man advantage.
Minnesota outshot Calgary 33-27 in the game.
Next game, Calgary takes its act home to face Montreal looking for another win. For Minnesota, they head on the road to face Philadelphia.